Curated Course

The Ultimate FREE Product Management Course

A 50-day self-study roadmap to break into Product Management from any background — using only free, hand-verified resources. Day-by-day topics, time estimates, priority, and curated links.

Everything you need to go from zero to interview-ready in Product Management — 100% free, every link hand-verified. Follow it as a 50-day plan, or jump to any topic.

What's inside: curated YouTube videos, blogs, free courses, glossaries and books — organized by day, time needed, and priority. 52 topics · 50-day plan · ~200 hand-checked free links.

Free full course: Product Management 101 — Full Course (YouTube, free)

The 50-Day Roadmap

TopicDayTimePriorityResources
What is Product Management?11 hr🔴 High▶️ What Is Product Management? · 📄 What Is PM — Product School · 📄 Ultimate PM Guide — Product School
Roles & Responsibilities of a PM11 hr🔴 High📄 PM Role & Best Practices — Atlassian · 📄 What PMs Do Daily — Aha! · 📄 What Does a PM Do — Product School
100 Essential PM Terms (A–Z)23 hr🔴 High📕 100+ PM Terms (PDF) — ProductPlan · 📄 PM Glossary — ProductPlan · 📄 PM Dictionary — Aha!
Types of Product Managers31 hr🟠 Medium▶️ Every PM Role Explained · 📄 Types of PMs — Aha! · 📄 18 Types of PMs — Product School · 📄 4 Types of PMs — Sachin Rekhi
Product Lifecycle Management (4 stages)32 hr🟠 Medium▶️ 4 Stages of PLM — Simplilearn · 📄 Product Life Cycle — Mailchimp · 📄 Product Life Cycle — CFI · 📄 Product Lifecycle — Aha!
Product Development Lifecycle (7 stages)42 hr🔴 High📄 7 Stages Explained — Atlassian · 📄 7 Essential Stages — Aha! · 📄 7 Stages of PDLC — Nulab · 📄 7 Key Stages — Zapier
PM vs Project Manager vs Product Owner51 hr🟠 Medium▶️ Product Owner vs PM · 📄 PM vs Project Manager — Atlassian · 📄 PM vs PO vs Project Mgr — Aha! · 📄 PMs vs Product Owners — Product Talk
The Product Mindset & First-Principles Thinking62 hr🟠 Medium▶️ First-Principles Thinking · 📄 Think Like a PM — Product Leadership · 📄 Product Sense — Academy of PM · 📰 Product Strategy Stack — Lenny's
A Day in the Life of a Product Manager71 hr🟢 Low▶️ Day in the Life — Stanford · 📄 A Day in the Life — Exponent · 🎧 Lenny's Podcast
User Research Fundamentals84 hr🔴 High▶️ User Research 101 · 📄 User Research for PMs — Mind the Product · 📄 UX Research Cheat Sheet — NN/g
Customer Interviews & The Mom Test92 hr🔴 High▶️ How to Do Customer Interviews · 🎧 Teresa Torres on Interviewing — Lenny's · 📄 The Mom Test for Interviews — Looppanel · 📕 The Mom Test — Official Site
Jobs To Be Done (JTBD) Framework102 hr🔴 High▶️ When Only a Milkshake Will Do · 📄 JTBD Framework — ProductPlan · 📄 JTBD Examples — HBS Online · 📕 Value Proposition Design — Strategyzer
User Personas & Empathy Maps112 hr🟠 Medium▶️ How to Empathy Map · 📄 Empathy Mapping — NN/g · 📄 Empathy Maps — Atlassian · 📄 Product Personas — Product School
Customer Journey Mapping122 hr🟠 Medium▶️ Journey Mapping Tutorial · 📄 Journey Mapping 101 — NN/g · 📄 Journey Mapping Play — Atlassian · 📄 Journey Maps for PMs — Aha!
Market Research & TAM, SAM, SOM132 hr🟠 Medium▶️ Size Your Market: TAM SAM SOM · 📄 TAM SAM SOM — HubSpot · 📄 Market Research Skills — Product School · 📄 Market Research — Aha!
Competitive Analysis & Positioning142 hr🟠 Medium▶️ Nail Your Positioning — April Dunford · 📄 Competitive Analysis — Product School · 📄 Product Positioning — Aha! · 📄 Research Competitors — Aha!
Problem Validation152 hr🔴 High▶️ Continuous Discovery — Teresa Torres · 📄 Customer Validation Tips — ProductPlan · 📄 Customer Interview Questions — ProductPlan · 📄 Customer Discovery — Product School
Product Vision & Strategy162 hr🔴 High▶️ Vision vs Strategy — Marty Cagan · 📄 Vision vs Strategy — SVPG · 📄 Product Vision FAQ — SVPG · 📄 Vision & Strategy Guide — Product School
Product Roadmapping172 hr🔴 High▶️ How to Build a Roadmap · 📄 Roadmap Guide — Atlassian · 📄 Roadmaps Step-by-Step — Aha! · 📄 Roadmap Guide — Product School
OKRs & Goal Setting182 hr🔴 High▶️ OKRs in 3 Minutes · 🎓 OKRs Explained — WhatMatters · 📄 What Is an OKR — WhatMatters · 📄 OKR Guide — Atlassian
Continuous Product Discovery192 hr🔴 High▶️ Continuous Discovery Habits · 📄 Opportunity Solution Trees — Product Talk · 📄 Getting Started with Discovery — Product Talk · 📄 Opportunity Solution Tree — Product School
Product Sense & Business Case202 hr🟠 Medium▶️ Answer Product Sense Questions · 📄 Develop Product Sense — Lenny's · 📄 Product Sense Prep — Exponent · 📄 Mastering Product Sense — Lenny's
Pricing & Monetization212 hr🟠 Medium▶️ Decoding SaaS Pricing · 📄 SaaS Pricing Strategy — Lenny's · 📄 SaaS Monetization — Schematic
Go-To-Market (GTM) Strategy223 hr🔴 High▶️ GTM Strategies for Startups · 📄 GTM Complete Guide — Reforge · 📄 GTM Plan + Templates — HubSpot · 📰 GTM Motions — Lenny's
Prioritization Frameworks (RICE, MoSCoW, Kano)233 hr🔴 High▶️ RICE for Beginners · 📄 Prioritization Frameworks — Atlassian · 📕 RICE Scoring Model — ProductPlan · 📄 RICE Framework — Product School
Writing PRDs (Product Requirement Docs)243 hr🔴 High▶️ Write Your First PRD · 📄 What Is a PRD — Atlassian · 📕 Lenny's PRD Template — Confluence · 📄 Modern PRD Guide — Aakash Gupta
User Stories & Acceptance Criteria252 hr🔴 High▶️ How to Write User Stories · 📄 User Stories + Template — Atlassian · 📄 Acceptance Criteria — Atlassian · 📄 User Stories — Mountain Goat
Backlog Management & Grooming262 hr🟠 Medium▶️ Backlog Grooming Tips · 📄 Backlog Refinement — Atlassian · 📄 Backlog Grooming — Atlassian · 📄 Refinement Best Practices — Aha!
MVP — Minimum Viable Products272 hr🔴 High▶️ MVP Explained with Examples · 📄 What Is an MVP — Atlassian · 📄 How to Build an MVP — Product School · 📄 What Is an MVP — Lean Startup
Estimation & Story Points281 hr🟢 Low▶️ How to Use Story Points · 📄 Story Points & Estimation — Atlassian · 📄 Estimating with Story Points — Mountain Goat · 📄 Planning Poker — Mountain Goat
Feature Prioritization Case Studies292 hr🟠 Medium📄 RICE at Intercom (case) — Intercom · 📄 RICE with a Netflix Example — Freshflows · 📕 RICE Scoring Model — ProductPlan
UX/UI Design Fundamentals for PMs302 hr🟠 Medium▶️ UX Designers & PMs · 📄 Product & UX Study Guide — NN/g · 📄 UX Basics Study Guide — NN/g
Design Thinking Process312 hr🟠 Medium▶️ What Is Design Thinking — IDEO U · 📄 7 Steps of Design Thinking — IDEO U · 📄 Design Thinking — IBM · 📄 5 Stages Guide — CareerFoundry
Wireframing & Prototyping with Figma323 hr🟠 Medium▶️ Figma Wireframe for Beginners · ▶️ Figma Prototype Tutorial · 📄 Create a Wireframe — Figma · 📄 What Is Wireframing — Figma
Usability Testing332 hr🟠 Medium▶️ User Testing: Why & How — NN/g · 📄 Usability Testing 101 — NN/g · 📄 Intro to Usability — NN/g · 📄 Qualitative Testing Guide — NN/g
Information Architecture & User Flows342 hr🟢 Low▶️ What Is Information Architecture · 📄 IA Study Guide — NN/g · 📄 What Is IA — Figma · 📄 IA Beginner's Guide — CareerFoundry
Tech for PMs — APIs, Databases & the Web353 hr🔴 High🎓 APIs for Beginners — freeCodeCamp · 📄 How the Internet Works — freeCodeCamp · 📄 APIs Explained for PMs — Dept of Product · 📄 API Platforms for PMs — Smashing
Agile & Scrum Fundamentals363 hr🔴 High▶️ Scrum in 20 Minutes · 🎓 Learn Agile Fundamentals — Atlassian · 📄 What Is Scrum — Atlassian · 📄 Scrum with Jira — Atlassian
Working with Engineers & the SDLC372 hr🟠 Medium📄 What Is SDLC — Atlassian · 📄 SDLC for PMs — Medium · 📄 What Is SDLC — IBM · 📄 What Is SDLC — AWS
SQL for Product Managers383 hr🔴 High▶️ SQL Full Course · 🎓 SQL Tutorial — Mode · 🎓 Intro to SQL — Khan Academy · 📄 SQL for Analytics — freeCodeCamp
A/B Testing & Experimentation392 hr🔴 High▶️ How to A/B Test a Product — Exponent · 📄 A/B Testing Skills — Product School · 🎓 Intro to Experimentation — Exponent · 📄 Guide to A/B Testing — Nulab
Product Metrics & KPIs (AARRR)402 hr🔴 High▶️ Metrics & KPIs for PMs · 📄 AARRR Pirate Metrics — Amplitude · 📄 Product KPIs & Metrics — Product School · 📄 AARRR Funnel — PostHog
Product Analytics Tools (Mixpanel, Amplitude, GA)413 hr🔴 High🎓 Product Analytics Fundamentals — Amplitude · 📄 Guide to Product Analytics — Mixpanel · 🎓 Product Analytics Cert — Product School · 🎓 Hands-on Analytics Tools — Great Learning
North Star Metric Framework421 hr🟠 Medium📕 North Star Playbook (PDF) — Amplitude · 📄 North Star Framework — Amplitude · 📄 North Star Metric — Mixpanel · 📄 North Star Metrics — Reforge
Data-Driven Decision Making432 hr🟠 Medium📄 Analytics for Decisions — Product School · 📄 Data-Driven PM Guide — Aha! · 📄 Key Metrics for PMs — Statsig · 📄 Data-Driven PM — ProdPad
Cohort Analysis & Retention442 hr🟠 Medium▶️ Customer Retention & Cohort Analysis · 📄 Cohorts to Improve Retention — Amplitude · 📄 Behavioral Cohorting — Amplitude · 📄 Cohort Analysis — Usermaven
Growth PM & Growth Loops452 hr🟠 Medium▶️ Master Growth Loops · ▶️ Reforge Crash Course · 📄 Growth Loops vs Funnels — Reforge
Product Launch & Stakeholder Management462 hr🟠 Medium▶️ Lead & Influence a Launch · 📄 Guide to Product Launches — Mind the Product · 📄 Stakeholder Management — Product School · 📄 Stakeholder Tips — Roman Pichler
AI for Product Managers472 hr🔴 High▶️ How AI Is Reshaping Product · 🎓 Free AI PM Course — HelloPM · 📰 Building AI Product Sense — Lenny's · 📰 AI Agents for PMs — Lenny's
PM Interview — Product Sense & Design483 hr🔴 High▶️ Fitness App Mock Interview · ▶️ Design a Product for Meta · 📄 Product Sense Prep — Exponent · 📄 Prepare for Product Sense — Product School
PM Interview — Execution, Estimation & Metrics493 hr🔴 High▶️ Answer Estimation Like a PM · ▶️ Google Estimation: Paint Market · 📄 Estimation Questions — IGotAnOffer · 📄 Metric Questions — IGotAnOffer
PM Interview — Behavioral, Strategy & Portfolio503 hr🔴 High▶️ Movies PM Mock Interview · 📄 The STAR Method — Exponent · 📄 Operator's Guide to Strategy — Lenny's · 📄 Amazon Behavioral Q&A — Exponent

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